iOS 5 can be jailbroken untethered on all non-A5-based devices. iOS 4.3.3 can be jailbroken easily via a web site but iOS 4.3.4 can't. Confused yet? The state of jailbreaking is a little messy at the moment and it's hard to understand which devices and versions of iOS are eligible. This helpful chart can clear up the confusion.

About This Chart

The chart is pretty large and won't fit all the way up top, so you're only seeing a sample above. If you click the miniature chart-like image to your right, however, the full chart will expand and you'll be able to see it.

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Green Is Good, Red Is Bad, and Yellow Is Also Kind of Bad
We decided to make this chart as simple as possible, so it only lets you know if you can or cannot jailbreak your device with a specific version of iOS installed on it. If you can't, the chart will read "No Jailbreak" and the square will be red. If only a tethered jailbreak is available the square will read "Tethered Jailbreak" with yellow coloring. Finally, if a proper untethered jailbreak is available, the square will be green and read "Untethered Jailbreak." (Hint: You want the square to be green.) If your iDevice and iOS version leads you to a green square, check out our always up-to-date guide to jailbreaking for instructions on how to actually jailbreak. The main guide will focus on the current version of iOS, but if you scroll down to the bottom you'll find archived instructions for older versions if you're not running the latest.